Folding table.



J. W. CAMPBELL, DECD. S. B. CAMPBELL, ADMINISTRATRIX.

FOLDING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26,1911.

1,064,286. Patented June 10,1913.

UNITED STATESA .PATENT SAN E. CAMPBELL, ADMINISTBATEIX, or'- JAMESv W. l CAMPBELL, `IDEICZIIASFJI), BY SU GEnMAN'roWN, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR 'ro EEneUsoN BROTHERS MFG. oo., or HoBoKEN, NEW JERSEY, n coRronA'rroN 0E NEW JERSEY. v

EoLDrNG TABLE. f

Specification of Letters Patent. I'

Paeentearune 1o, 1913.

To all lwhom, it may concern.'

Be it known that JAMES W.` CAMPBELL, deceased, late a citizen of the United States, of "whose estate I, SUSAN E. CAMPBEEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Germantown, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, am the sole administratrix, did invent a new and useful Folding Table, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a t-able and more particularly to a table the legs of which fold into positions fiat against the under,` side of the top of the table.

The object is to provide leg structure and connect-ions which will serve to brace the legs in their unfolded or operative position, while permitting them to 'be readily folded when so desired. Y

A practical embodiment of the inventionl is represented in the accompanying draw' ings in which, l V Y Figure 1 is a view of the table in side elevation as it appears when in use, show ingin dotted lines one 'of the legs partially folded. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view o-f the same with legs in folded position, and Fig. 8 isa section inthe plane of the line A-A of Fig. 2, the leg being Ypartially broken away to more clearly show the hinge which connects an adjacent leg to the top.

The top of the table is denoted by 1 and may be made of any suitablematerial, either thick or thin as may be desired. Its edges are conveniently provided with finishing strips 2, 3, 4 and 5, secured to the top in any well known or approved Amanner and projecting below` the under surface of the top suicient to form a lateral vhousing forthe. legs and furnishineans for the attachment thereto of the upper ends 'oflbraces to be hereinafter explained. t

' The legs. are four in number andy quite similar in construction and are secured by similar means, so that a specific explanation of one will suice for all. The bo'dy of the` leg is denoted by 6 and may have. any desired shape in cross section. At its upper end it is provided with av lateral extension 7 either formedV integral therewith or se. curely fastened'thereto, and so located with respect to the body of the leg that it will lie flat against the under side of theltable to when the leg' is folded as in Fig. 2, and Wi l i brace the leg a ainst a lateral pressure'when the leg is unfo dedas in Figl. The upper end of the' le with its lateral extension is connected to t e under side of the top1,by a long hinge- 8. The leg when folded is-located near the margin of the top with the `extension project-ing inwardly therefrom, The side of the leg 6 opposite that on Awhich the extension 7 1s located, isl connected with the rim 4 by a swinging brace 9: The upper end of the brace 9 is connected with the rim by a pivot 10 and the lower end with the leg by a pivot 11. The pivot 11 is permitted to travel along an elongated slot12 in the brace as the leg is unfolded and folded. To lock the brace to the leg when it reaches its unfolded position, as shown in Fig. 1, the brace 9 is provided near its lower end with a hole o-r socket 13 adapted to receive a short pin 14 projecting from the side of the leg and so located with respect to the slot 12, that the pin 14 will register with the hole 13 when the pivot 11 reaches the lower end of the slot (see Fig. l). To force the 'pin 14 into the hole413 and hold these partsin engagement against accident-al displacement, the

brace 9 is provided with a spring leaf 15, secured at one end to the face of the brace 9 and normally receding from the face of the brace 9, toward its lower or free end. The spring leaf 15 -ris provided with an elongated slot 16 which registers with the slot 12 in the brace 9,`and as the head of the pivo-t 11 moves along the slot 12 in unfolding the leg, it will engage theI face of the spring leaf 15 and spring it and hence-the lower end of the brace 9, toward the side of p the leg, so that when the pin 14 comes in register with the hole 13, the end of the brace 9 will snap-toward the side of the leg with the pin 14 in the hole 13,- and in this position it will be held by the pressure of the spring leaf 15 untilthe end ofthe brace 9 is intentionally forced outwardly to relieve the brace when it is desired to fold the leg.

It will`be observed that the brace-"9 braces the leg in a direction at right angles tothe longitudinal axis of the hinge 8, so that `the -i leg will, when in unfolded position as in use, be quite rigidly held in position and `a very desirable degree of stability willl be thereby imparted to thetable asa whole; yThe strlicture,`fur thermore, is simple and inexpensive. To add to the firmness ofthe table top,

a bar 17 may be xed 'to the under side stop 0n thel leg with which the brace is thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. forced into engagement by the said spring What is claimed is: leaf and leg piVOt. A table comprisingia top, folding legs ini SUSAN E CAMPBELL 5 dependent of one' another and hino'ed to the v 7 top and leg braces pivoted to th` top and Soledaecgmtm of James u ampbell slidably engaging the leg, a spring leaf secured to the brace, the said brace and spring Vitnesses:

leaf being-provided with elongated slotsy JOHN V. WHITBECK, Jin," 10 through which the leg pivot extends sind a MARm-B. NEwcoMB. 

